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mmap summary
The device driver is loaded.
It defines an mmap file operation.
A user space process calls the mmap system call.
The mmap file operation is called.
It initializes the mapping using the device physical address.
The process gets a starting address to read from and write to (depending on permissions).
The MMU automatically takes care of converting the process virtual addresses into physical ones.
Direct access to the hardware!
No expensive read or write system calls!